Am I Too Old To Do Keto?
Ketovore Advice Blog 11
Dear Spring,
My daughter just told me about keto. She insists that I can still benefit from this diet even though I am seventy-seven years old and have diabetes, arthritis, and neuropathy in my feet. I told her I have to watch my fat and salt intake, but she said this is not necessary. And she is adamant that I refrain from eating my morning oatmeal. What are your thoughts on this?
-Trina K. from Missouri
Dear Trina…
I must side with your daughter on this one. She is correct; I would say that it is not only possible, but almost impossible for you not to benefit from the keto lifestyle. I call it a lifestyle instead of a diet, because anyone who chooses keto, truly needs to be open to an actual lifestyle change, and not simply a diet that will come and go.
I have encountered people in their seventies, and even their eighties, who have experienced HUGE improvements in their health—including with diabetes, arthritis, and neuropathy. Remember, disease thrives when you feed it. And what does it feed on? Sugar. And so, in short, in order for disease to not live in our bodies, we must stop feeding it sugar and foods that turn to sugar (such as grains; i.e. oatmeal).
I realize it’s hard to believe that many of the foods we’ve been told are healthy, are, in fact, the foods we should avoid, and that some foods we’ve been told are unhealthy, are foods we should be consuming, but it’s true. Big Food and Big Pharma work together to make sure people stay addicted to the wrong food, and stay sick; it’s an industry. Please check out my other blogs to learn more.
My mother died at the age of sixty-one. She had diabetes and neuropathy, among other ailments. I wish I would have known then what I know now, so that I could have shared this information with her.
It sounds like your daughter loves you very much; I hope you have it within you to listen to her. Your life may depend upon it. God bless you on your journey to health and wholeness. Don’t just live but thrive.
-Spring Dalton
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